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Head Lice Lurking at Holiday Inns in Delaware

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 710 SOUTH COASTAL HIGHWAY [map], Bethany Beach, DE, United States, 19930
October 17, 2006 at 5:03 PM | by | Comment (1)

[Ed. Note: We still have scars from our elementary-school days when you got called into the nurse's office for a head-lice check. We can practically feel that wooden stick poking through our hair as we read this story about head lice in at a Holiday Inn in Delaware. As always this is just one person's side of the story.]

My daughter and I got head lice from Bethany Beach, Holiday Inn bed on September 23, 2006. We woke up to find head lice in our bed and the bedspread. I insisted that we must be moved to a different hotel. They booked me at the Holiday Inn in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  I spent hours treating my daughter and myself for head lice. I told them upon check in that we had lice and that all items used would be put into the hallway for immediate pick up by the housekeeping department.

I was shocked to see that every lice infested item was still in the hallway when we checked out at 9:00 the next day. Obviously, they were not concerned with spreading the lice in that hotel as well. I would never recommend anyone staying at either hotel. We have been dealing with the lice for the past two weeks, because a few eggs hatched and we had to treat ourselves all over again.

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· Holiday Inn Bethany Beach reviews [TripAdvisor]

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You didn't get it from the hotel

I was just researching this site for a summer vacation and feel compelled to responde to this post.

Sorry, you don't get head lice from a hotel.  Unlike bed bugs, lice can not live without a host for more than a few hours.  Chances are your teenage daughter had them before your visit and was too embarrased to tell you.  Once you were in the same room for 24 hours she couldn't avoid it anymore.  From the level of infestation you describe, I am 100% sure she was the cause.  If the problem were bedbugs, I would blame the hotel, but lice, no.  Futhermore, I can't believe this site posted this without doing some simple internet research that would ultimatley disprove your story.  I'll be on tripadvisor from now on.  

Htl Mngr on January 4, 2009 at 10:39 AM #Permalink

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